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  1. PeteF3
    A month in and the stench of death on Warrior is now so great that WCW won't even put him in front of a live crowd.
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    Yeah, this was pretty great for the most part even though it was way, way overdue. This felt chaotic and out of control in a good way--organized chaos that still gets the point across. I hate Sting using a forklift because we've all expressed our thoughts on stunt driving, and Nash standing *under* the limo trying to get some sledgehammer shots in is one of the dumbest things I've seen on any wrestling program I've ever watched, but I liked this new pissed-off Wolfpack a lot. Kudos to them for having a reason for the camera being there on the bar-hopping.
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    Best BattlArts match ever and fuck anyone who disagrees. This is worked as a total Inoki-Singh tribute, with both guys doing all of their respective signature spots, but done with about a million times more panache and urgency. Ishikawa gets his comeback and pounds Matsunaga into dust before this can wear out its welcome. A million billion stars, minus one or two because of Matsunaga not even trying to hide his little stabby thing from the ref.
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    I've never really gotten what "cheap heat" means--a discussion of such might be worthy of its own thread. The Dudleys have been accused of it in situations like this but you can't say they lack guts.
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    I've heard stories of Herd and WCW wanting to go after the WWF's best workers in late '89, and maybe even running a weekly live show. Names that were connected to the story were Bret, the Rockers, and Ted DiBiase. Naturally I can't actually source any of this. Edit: And all of the Money Inc.-Steiners matches were good.
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    There's no way on the planet they're giving up on either guy that quickly.
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    And Sting strikes me as being a MUCH bigger star in '88 than '90. I'm guessing Clash I was the largest TV audience he wrestled in front of until the Nitro era and certainly bigger than anything in 1990. Also, '88 was more about the sky being the limit rather than 1990's sense of "okay, he's the champ, now what?" It wasn't his *peak* as a star, but he was definitely a bigger force earlier on than in his first run at the top.
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    I'm having trouble quoting now too, but getting back to Kobashi: - I didn't say he should or would be the Ace, or even the Top Contender. - There's no rule in AJPW or otherwise that being "a" contender is the same as being the only contender. This isn't the 1994-95 WWF women's division--Kawada can be the main rival and Kobashi can still be seen as a contender. All Parv and I and Chad, to some degree, are saying is that Kobashi's run to the top was slower than it would have been in almost any other promotion. Even if Choshu was booking the company and held off just as long in putting the TC on him, he'd doubtless have gotten those trademark Choshu upsets over the top dogs earlier.
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    Speaking only has some nobody who's watched all of 1991 and '92 AJ television and too many hours of Yearbooks, I have to side with Parv on the Kobashi issue unless there's something I'm missing. Most any other booker would have put him over Hansen in '92 or '93 and made him a legitimate Triple Crown contender not long after. The high point of Kobashi's 1993 from a push as opposed to a workrate standpoint seemed to be being the fourth wheel in his first Budokan main event and being gift-wrapped a pin in the final RWTL match.
  10. PeteF3
    Vince is gutting it out after being readmitted to the hospital, with further updates to come tomorrow.
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    Taz blows off Alfonso's invitation to form a new Triple Threat earlier in the night, then does so here for no other reason than to create artificial drama and to give a finish to the main event. How come Mikey, Nova, Chetti, et al didn't get *their* music played when they ran in?
  12. PeteF3
    This sucked and had half a dozen different spots that just age horribly: the babyfaces using Jason's limp body to perform fellatio on Lance Wright, Chastity being a "slut" because she interferes, Kronus making out with Nicole Bass in a spot designed to elicit disgust in everyone, Bass selling a low blow like a man, and then Chastity getting spanked. Rod Price is a dead ringer for the Kung Fu-era Billy Graham and is only slightly less washed up. It doesn't speak much for Credible that he has to be surrounded by this freak show at all times to give the illusion that he's somebody.
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    Seems like Awesome knew he was fucked as soon as he hit the floor. ACL tears are a beast, but a whole year absence does seem a little pessimistic.
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    Bix's initial thoughts were correct--that was Victor Zangiev in UWFI and the "Carousel" armbar was his big specialty. I've found very little info on that last member of Team USA. His name as NJPW called him was either Mike Huff, Mike Haff, or Mike Hough (he was definitely listed by NJPW as Mike and not Mark--and it wasn't Mark Fleming, either). He wasn't quite 300 pounds but was otherwise a dead ringer for Gary Albright, right down to the red singlet. He had matches with Kengo Kimura and Saito that made NJPW TV or Classics.
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    Yeah, Rock definitely should have done a clean job here and then everyone could pat themselves on the back about how Rock got over just by being in the presence of a legend. *cough* I didn't think the action here was bad at all, except for the blown first attempt at the finish. They should have changed gears and had Rock slip out of a tombstone or something after that.
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    Francois Petit begs for an ambulance while desperately trying to set McMahon's leg, all while Mankind offers Vince a sip from his Big Gulp.
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    One of the all-time high points of Raw, and even for a hot company this feels like the hottest it's been in months. Austin is back to being *dangerous* again, like he was in 1997. There's no hell yeahs, no turnbuckle posing, no pandering...just a straight-up asskicker who doesn't care. And then we get a gear shift as Vince decides to go back on his word to Undertaker and Kane and force them to fight for the title at Judgment Day with Austin as referee, then also throws them into a handicap tag match tonight for good measure. Everyone in this segment is absolutely awesome, but it might be Vince's best performance since his initial heel run in May. I love how he sells the Austin beating all the way through his second promo.
  18. PeteF3
    This is basically the USWA Unified title promo on a bigger stage, with many of the same beats and of course climaxing with Vince having the smoking skull belt strapped around his svelte waist.
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    In a vacuum this could actually be defended as a hell of an angle and a strong way to set up Bret vs. Sting for Starrcade, but It Was a Setup All Along is so, so, SO tired, across both promotions. And this setup is particularly ridiculous because why would Bret and Hogan be costing themselves matches just to create a ruse for a month later? This pretty much leaves the Wolfpack as the same ineffective ninny babyfaces that WCW was in 1996 and ends them as a major babyface faction.
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    You could also fantasy book the lead-up to Goldberg's title win...hell, *that* could have come at Starrcade and you have all of 1999 to run with Goldberg on top with fresh main event opponents. So far this looks like a good elevation for Jericho and has you wanting to see these two one-on-one. So far.
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    I like how shoddy the darkening effect is *before* the light turns on.
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    Probably the best angle WCW has done all year--certainly the best involving main eventers.
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    I REFUSE TO MAKE MYSELF LESS THAN WHAT I AM UNTIL YOU, HOGAN, FIND WHAT YOU NEED TO BE. Warrior will become full-blown at Havoc. These quicker promos are better than his WM6 ones.
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    Hogan declares he has "Wood's War Bonnet" on tonight! I would pay a full Yearbook's price to see Hogan come out with a black and white fist helmet. Hogan cuts a vaguely shootish promo that would have been the talk of wrestling had he cut it in '96 but here just feels old hat. Calling himself "Wood" is one thing but the way Hogan absolutely pounds the term into the ground trying to get it over is truly LOLworthy. By the end he's even ripping off Val Venis. Larry Z is about as amusing as he's ever been. First he recites a typical Hogan promo before it even starts and for whatever reason I laughed at his response line, "What was that, the Boyz in the Hood say he's Ed Wood?"
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    Eh, in 2001 in another environment you could chalk it up to the rules committee making changes. That's how I justify the Brain Busters winning the tag titles in a 2/3 falls match with a first-fall DQ after the Bulldogs didn't. As for this, they craft some decent spots here but there isn't much heat and despite the finish I don't think anyone seriously went in expecting a title change.
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